- About
- Contact Us
- People
- Indigenous Reconciliation
- IRC Events
- Upcoming: Adam Murry IRC Event - Going where the need is: Psychological research in the context of reconciliation
- Upcoming: Amy Bombay IRC Event - The intergenerational trauma and the protective effects of culture...
- iskotew & crow: (re)igniting narratives of Indigenous survivance & trauma wisdom in psychology
- The Culturally Responsive Framework, Developing strength-based trauma-informed practices & Indigenous wellbeing
- A Year in Public Health: The Collision of Three Public Health Emergencies
- Other Ongoing Events
- What is Reconciliation?
- Territorial Acknowledgment
- Resources
- Student Profiles
- IRC Committee Members
- IRC Events
- EDI
- Employment
- Areas of Study
- #sfupsycstories
- Undergraduate
- Graduate
- News & Events
- Research
- All Families Lab
- Autism & Developmental Disabilities Lab
- About
- News
- ADDL in the Media
- April 16, 2021 - Presentation - Dr. Iarocci and Vanessa Fong
- ADDL - New Name & Website
- New Webinar and Event Recordings Available
- ADDL Welcomes New Students
- Congrats to Former ADDL Volunteers and Future SLPs
- Anxiety Management during COVID-19
- Camp for People with Intellectual Disabilities
- Congratulations to Former ADDL Volunteers and Future SLPs
- ADDL Students Present at INSAR 2022
- Inclusive Theatre & Filmmaking Camp
- November 24th, 2022 - Public Talk - Dr. Grace Iarocci
- Research
- Camps
- Resources
- Join the Lab
- Mailing List
- MSCS
- Children's Memory Research Group
- Cognitive Aging Lab
- Culture and Development Lab
- Douglas Research Lab
- Dr. Aknin's Helping and Happiness Lab
- Human Neuropsychology Lab
- Measurement and Modelling Lab
- Mental Health, Law and Policy Institute
- Personality and Emotion Research Lab
- Psychological Methods Consulting
- Singlehood Experiences and Complexities Underlying Relationships (SECURE) Lab
- Spalek Laboratory of Attention Memory and Perception
- Studies in Methodology and Philosophy of Psychological Science Lab
- Translational Neuroscience Lab
- Vision Lab
- Weight and Eating Lab
- Clinical Psychology Centre
- login (for Dept. Members)

Brianne Kent
Areas of interest
Cognitive & Neural Sciences
Research Interests
Learning and memory, sleep, circadian rhythms, Alzheimer's disease
Selected Publications
Kent, B. A., Feldman, H. H., Nygaard, H. B. (2020). Sleep and its Regulation: An Emerging Pathogenic and Treatment Frontier in Alzheimer’s disease. Progress in Neurobiology, 101902.
Kent, B. A., Michalik, M., Marchant, E. G., Yau, K. W., Feldman, H. H., Mistlberger, R. E., Nygaard, H. B. (2019). Delayed daily activity and reduced NREM slow wave power in the APP/PS1 mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. Neurobiology of Aging, 78, 74-86.
Kent, B. A., Strittmatter, S. M., Nygaard, H. B. (2018). Sleep and EEG power spectral analysis in three transgenic mouse models of AD: APP/PS1, 3xTgAD, and Tg2576. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 64(4), 1325-1336.
Kent, B. A., Heath, C., Kim, C-H., Ahrens, R., Fraser, P. E., St George-Hyslop, P., Bussey, T. J., & Saksida, L. M. (2018).Longitudinal evaluation of Tau-P301L transgenic mice reveals no impairment at 17 months of age. Brain and Behavior, 8(1), e00896.
Kent, B. A., Beynon, A. L., Hornsby, A. K., Bekinschtein, P., Bussey, T. J., Davies, J. S., Saksida, L. M. (2015). The orexigenic hormone acyl-ghrelin increases adult hippocampal neurogenesis and enhances pattern separation. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 51,431-439.
Bekinschtein, P., Kent, B. A., Oomen, C., Clemenson, D., Gage, F., Saksida, L. M., & Bussey, T. J. (2014). Brain-derived neurotrophic factor interacts with adult-born immature cells in the dentate gyrus during consolidation of overlapping memories. Hippocampus, 24(8), 905-911.